Wrap-up: Tom Felton’s Hot Topic appearance in New Jersey

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I realize I’m late with this, so I will just leave all the exposition concerning the event to the professionals.

From Blast Magazine:

PARAMUS, N.J. — Hot Topic gets to have all the fun when the big movies come out. When Robert Pattinson came to the Saugus store last year, girls went nuts, we went nuts and it was all just very nutty.

We had a chance to ask a few questions to another rising British heartthrob, Mr. Draco Malfoy, himself, Tom Felton. Felton has been around since “The Sorcerer’s Stone” as the young, rich bad guy and the perfect foil character to Harry Potter’s goodness.

The craziness had us wondering if someone would create a Twilight-crossover “Team Malfoy.” Someone did. See the gallery below. It’s nutty.

Of course, Felton is no bad guy in real life, and the fans understood that on Friday evening.

When he first came into Hot Topic with his girlfriend, (oh yeah, he has a girlfriend) Felton said he couldn’t believe all the Potter memorabilia. “I’ve never seen myself on a t-shirt, this is wicked!” he said. “Oh man, look, I have a Draco Malfoy doll! How cool is this? And there’s a Slytherin hoodie, I’ve got to have that!”

When asked what he thought about the 1,000 fans waiting to meet him, he said, “This is totally amazing. I’ve only been to New York once before, this is beyond anything I expected. I’ve not done a fan event before; this is a chance to show some appreciation to the fans. These films don’t happen without them.”

BLAST: This is the biggest film so far for your character — we finally learn that there’s more to Draco than meets the eye. What was it like expanding your character in the sixth movie?

TOM FELTON: I love Draco, his complexity. The books are based on choices, and Draco doesn’t really have any.

BLAST: It’s been a good few years for young British actors — have you been getting love letters from plenty of female admirers? Are you and the other actors friends outside of the movie?

TF: We’re definitely friends; you couldn’t spend nine years working with people and not get close.

I’ve heard that bad guys get all the girls, but so far I haven’t seen any proof of that.

BLAST: What are your hobbies — what do you do when you’re not making movies?

TF: I love music, you can check my band out on YouTube.

BLAST: What’s been the most exciting part of the Harry Potter series so far?

TF: The bathroom fight scene. Dan (Radcliffe) and I have been waiting years to kill each other, so filming that scene was great. We did our own stunts; it was a week of being rigged up in a bathroom filled with explosives, Dan and I were flipping around.

There are also articles from Bnet.com and Earth Times for those of you interested in more Tom related goodness.

The following are all fan shot videos from the event. Just to warn you, there is a LOT of fangirly squee going on, loudly.

Shot from someone standing behind the Feltbeats Army:
Fan Video 1
Fan Video 2
Fan Video 3

Another Fan Video
One. Sustained. Scream.
Sing! Sing!
Closer sustained screaming part 1
Closer sustained screaming part 2
More chanting
Make that 2

Watch little Tom Felton’s screen test in a BTS making of “The Borrowers”

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Remember when we showed you little Tom Felton’s screen test for The Borrowers? Well, Felton Fan ElijahDavidsMom found the full two part special on the making of the movie the clip was from, including footage we weren’t able to show you before, all in high quality. Listen to cast and crew discuss working on Tom’s first big screen adventure including the director’s opinion of Tom’s first screen test.

The special is narrated in reference to Tom and co-star Flora Newbegin’s experience on the film, from screen tests to production design to special effects to the final product. For those you who haven’t seen The Borrowers yet, beware of Spoilers.

I won’t mention what Tom thinks of the “dog poo.” 😉

Part one:

Part 2:

Comcast asks Tom Felton: What would be in your Room of Requirement?

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Thanks to NikiDArcangelis for pointing out this video to us! Comcast asks Tom Felton: What would be in your Room of Requirement?

Tom is pictured at the beginning and at 55 seconds in.

For those that can’t see, here is a transcript:

Interviewer: If you had a Room of Requirement, what would you put in it? This is strictly for the Harry Potter fans out there.

Tom: If I had a Room of Requirement, oh God, I don’t know why, but things like a jaquzzi come into my head. I don’t know why I’m thinking of luxury, lavish items – that isn’t really what I’m thinking.

Rupert: Yeah, a flying car.

Bonnie: Oh, I dunno, I suppose it’s always what you desire at that moment. I think…

Interviewer: So, right now it would be pizza.

Michael Gambon: I’d put a machine, that, whenever you touch it, it shoves out thousand dollar bills.

Interviewer: That’s be quite good.

Bonnie: It would be quite cool just to have a room of your own, I dunno, something like a refuge place where you can just relax, and read, and somewhere to be really quiet, that’d be cool.

Dan: A TV. God, how unimaginative! I would want an imagination room in the Room of Requirement, that would replace my original thought. There we go. To end on something slightly more metaphysical.

Tom: A cricket pitch. Not that that would mean anything to any American fans. But, yeah, I’d love it.

Interviewer: We’ve heard of cricket.

Tom: You’ve heard of it.

Interviewer: Yeah.

Tom: Fantastic sport. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I’d thouroughly enjoy that.

Tom Felton talks Potter, pop culture, hair and how his girlfriend dresses him

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In an interview with The Gate, a Canadian newspaper, Tom addresses many topics such as Twitter, pop culture, his hair and more.

This was a round-table interview with many press organizations, so we’ve seen snippets of this interview elsewhere before.

There is much more, so click here to read the whole thing!

O.P.: He’s evil, and what’s up with his hair…?
T.F.: I know. I don’t really understand, I mean where Draco finds the time to get his roots touched up every week. It’s a very iconic hairdo, I guess no one else really has it.

There have been times where naturally, getting your hair dyed isn’t that pleasant, but saying that, I’ve grown quite oddly attached to it over the years. People have asked me, at the end of it are you planning on cutting it off, but I can see myself strangely keeping it. I’m not sure about it yet. I’m not sure what my girlfriend has to say about that.

A.P.: What about your music career? Is that a career opportunity?
T.F.: It scares me that you mention it as a career, because that’s certainly not where I was angling. It’s always been a passion of mine and I learned to play on the Harry Potter set, lots of hours to yourself, so that was a great way of killing the time. And yeah, I’ve shared a bit online, about a year ago now and it seems to have done pretty well, so it’s a personal thing for me. It’s certainly not a career that I’m looking to jump into just yet, but as long as people enjoy listening to it, then I’ll keep sharing.

O.P.: What’s on your shirt?
O.P.: It’s Mohammed Ali, right?
T.F.: Yeah, you tell me. Please, I was dressed. This is a t-shirt, I think.

Yeah, it is Ali, isn’t it? Yeah, through the years.

I’m not much of a fashionable man. If you left me to my own devices it would probably be a hoodie and jeans 365 days a year. So I’m glad I have a very talented girlfriend to do that for me. [Laughs]

O.P.: Who likes Mohammed Ali?
T.F.: Yeah, of course. She must be a big boxing fan. [Laugh] That is a joke, just to clarify.

Thanks to Snitchseeker for posting this, and Apollonia1 for pointing it out to us!